Alternative spelling of tap-dancer

The method of making a connection to existing piping or pressure vessels without interrupting or emptying the section being connected to.

plural of foot-tapping

(nautical, slang) To steal some liquor from a cask that is in storage or transit.

(Australia, prison slang) Ostracized and made the target of revenge or punishment.

(medicine, figuratively, informal) A bloodless sample of cerebrospinal fluid from a lumbar puncture (colloquially, a spinal tap).

(medicine, informal) Peritoneocentesis.

(medicine, informal) Pericardiocentesis.

(medicine, informal) Thoracentesis; thoracocentesis.

plural of ascitic tap